The World Series Postseason Program was released for MLB The Show 21 today, and it goes above and beyond the other programs we have been given during the MLB playoffs. There are a ton of new cards that have been added, and we even got a new Postseason collection that adds a couple legendary cards from the past. The 14 new players are: Postseason Clay Holmes, Postseason Giovanny Gallegos, Postseason Jordan Luplow, Postseason Brad Boxberger, Postseason Gavin Sheets, Postseason Tyler Rogers, Postseason Christian Vazquez, Postseason A.J. Pollock, Postseason Framber Valdez, Postseason Phil Maton, Postseason Will Smith, Postseason Ian Anderson, Postseason Adam Duvall, and Postseason Jorge Soler. The two throwback cards are Postseason George Springer and Postseason Corey Seager.
World Series Postseason Program
Players
Postseason Collection
You will need to collect 40 Postseason players for George Springer, and then 50 Postseason players for Corey Seager.
Conquest
You need to steal 4 million fans and conquer all the territories to snag the 30 points in the program.
Moments
There are 17 moments, all but one of them are worth 4 points each. The other is worth 6 points.
- What’s Up, Holmes
- Difficulty: All-Star
- Pitch 2 innings
- Strike out 1 batter
- Do not give up 1 run
- Gallegos Gets ‘Em Guessing
- Difficulty: All-Star
- Pitch 1 inning
- Strike out 2 batters
- Do not give up 1 run
- Luplow’s Grand Performance
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Hit 1 home run
- Filling The Stat Sheets
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Tally 2 hits
- Hit 1 home run
- Christian Called Game
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Hit 1 home run
- Air Fried Boxbergers
- Difficulty: All-Star
- Pitch 1 inning
- Strike out 1 batter
- Do not give up 1 hit
- Do not walk 1 batter
- Do not hit 1 batter
- Mister Rogers’ Rising Slider
- Difficulty: All-Star
- Do not give up 1 run
- One Man Wrecking Crew
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Tally 8 total bases
- Soler Power
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Hit 1 home run
- First Pitch Swingin’
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Hit 1 home run
- Bright Lights Couldn’t Stop The Rook
- Difficulty: Rookie
- Pitch 5 innings
- Do not give up 1 hit
- Hip Hop Jorge
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Hit 1 home run
- Smitty Shuts The Door
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Pitch 1 inning
- Strike out 1 batter
- Do not give up 1 hit
- Do not walk 1 batter
- Do not hit 1 batter
- The Grand Duvall
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Hit 1 home run
- Playoff Correa Is A Bad Man
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Tally 3 hits
- Tally 1 XBH
- Spin Rate Spins Gems
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Pitch 2 innings
- Strike out 3 batters
- Do not give up 1 run
- The 900 Foot Home Run
- Difficulty: Veteran
- Hit 1 home run
Missions
- Repeatable: Tally 40 total bases with players from the Postseason programs – 10 points
- Repeatable: Tally 20 strikeouts with players from the Postseason programs – 10 points
- Tally 7 XBH with Braves players – 5 points
- Tally 15 hits with Braves players – 5 points
- Tally 1 save with Braves pitchers – 5 points
- Tally 5 home runs with Astros players – 5 points
- Tally 10 runs with Astros players – 5 points
- Tally 10 strikeouts with Astros players – 5 points
Rewards
- 10 points – The Show pack
- 20 points – Diamond bat skin
- 30 points – Postseason Clay Holmes
- 35 points – 1,000 stubs
- 40 points – Postseason Giovanny Gallegos
- 45 points – Headliners packs (x2)
- 50 points – Postseason Jordan Luplow
- 55 points – The Show pack (x2)
- 60 points – Postseason Brad Boxberger
- 65 points – 1,500 stubs
- 70 points – Postseason Gavin Sheets
- 75 points – Headliners packs (x2)
- 80 points – Postseason Tyler Rogers
- 85 points – The Show pack (x3)
- 90 points – Postseason Christian Vazquez
- 95 points – Headliners pack (x2)
- 100 points – Postseason A.J. Pollock
- 105 points – 1,500 stubs
- 110 points – Postseason Framber Valdez
- 115 points – Headliners Set 39 pack
- 120 points – Postseason Phil Maton
- 125 points – Postseason Will Smith
- 130 points – Ballin’ Is A Habit pack (x5)
- 135 points – Postseason Ian Anderson
- 140 points – The Show pack (x10)
- 145 points – Postseason Adam Duvall
- 150 points – Postseason Jorge Soler
Bottom Line
I’m not going to do player comparisons for this one because there’s just a lot of players here, and the point is that all these players are rather clearly the best version of themselves at this point. So, in other words, the comparisons wouldn’t really show much. This is “end game” content and thus these cards are all solid in their own ways.
What I would say is Springer and Seager are fantastic bonuses to see because those cards were menaces in the past. Beyond that, I think SDS went above and beyond here for November content, and we still have at least one more massive content drop with the Team Affinity set. We also still have the 9th Inning Program, but that will be smaller by comparison.
In general, this does feel like the beginning of the end for Diamond Dynasty for this year, but it’s been a great year if that’s the case. There has been consistency all year long, and while SDS maybe lost it a bit at times with the H/9 ratings for pitchers and the absurdity of some of the Topps Now ratings, it’s hard to argue against the overall content that was on display this year. The developers have tried to bring a bit more single-player content into the mode and given us the best year of cards on record. Freeze glitches and bunting aside, Diamond Dynasty has had a banner year.
